The FICC presents an animated ‘western’ series set in the region of Murcia

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‘Pliegos de cordel’, created by Murcian director Andrés Guevara, has already attracted attention in specialized competitions such as Iberseries and Weird Market

The Cartagena International Film Festival (FICC) will be the stage for the presentation in the region of Murcia of ‘Pliegos de Cordel’, a transmedia animation project of dramatic fiction, inspired by ‘neo-western’ and set in 19th century Spain. century. Created by Murcian director Andrés Guevara, the project includes a 3D animation series, expanded with expansions into a comic, a video game and a role-playing game, and has already attracted attention in prestigious specialized competitions such as Iberseries and Weird Market.

The presentation of the project will take place this Friday, from 7 pm, in ‘El soldadito de plomo’ (Príncipe de Vergara street, Cartagena). In it, the ‘teaser’ of the project is projected and the director answers questions from the press and the public. The name ‘Pliegos de Cordel’ refers to an old form of Spanish popular literature, similar to American ‘pulp fiction’ or the English ‘penny dreadful’, which told stories about bandits and criminals turned into myths, among other things.

The series dedicates each season to a character or event in a monographic and self-closing fashion, with links between one storyline and another. Video games, comics and role-playing games serve to develop ‘spin-offs’ and extensions of the main canon, while the video game allows total immersion in its world and adventures. The transmedia universe can thus expand infinitely.

The project is executed in stylized 3D animation, visually inspired by art of the 19th century (romanticism, modernism, orientalism) and by the great European and Latin American comics artists of the 20th century, such as Giraud, Liberatore or Giménez. Technically, the production will use tools based on R+D+i, such as artificial intelligence, video game engines, and motion and facial capture.

In the first season, Ramón ‘El Vasco’ gang escapes from Cartagena Prison where they are imprisoned. During the search for the fleeing group, the bailiffs, police officers, vigilantes and bounty hunters, supported by some smugglers, horse dealers and arms dealers, manage to attack the train that is bringing in the payroll of the La Unión mines. Later in the series, we see a massive flood, what we know today as a DANA, and a confrontation in Jumilla. For this, the series has required a thorough research and documentation effort.

Source: La Verdad

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